HLTH1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Biomedicine, Neurosurgery, Anomie
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Medicine operates within society: where you are will affect how medicine is practices. Not only the physical environment, but the social, economic, culture, psychological, etc. environment. Understand if a health system is operating well - if its effective, or understanding what is and isn"t working in terms of policies. Comparatively, australia is doing quite well in terms pf life expectancy - on par with most wealthy countries. Health gap - some people don"t have as long a life expectancy, so shifts the overall expectancy. Treatment of older people - asian countries tend to treat older people better (longer life?) Regional genetics - genetic predisposition of one population to a health condition to another. Difference disease groups and how they contribute to life expectancy. These are also complex and can also go hand in hand - drug usage might affect the road injury rates. In the 1960s-70s: it was "cool" to engage in smoking.
